Scope and Sequence for
Smarr Publishers' Survey of British Literature

Goal: To have the student develop a love for reading fine literature and to write with conviction while using a clear and pleasing writing style.

Recommended Grade Level: This course is recommended for 10th through 12th graders.

Objectives:
1. The student will be acquainted with some of the major authors and poets of Great Britain.
2. The student will read examples from different philosophical schools.
3. The student will consider the effects of industrialism as it replaced the agrarian way of life in Great Britain.
3. The student will learn 15 - 20 vocabulary words a week.
4. The student will learn the form for critical writing using acceptable grammar.
5. The student will develop a pleasing writing style.
6. The student will write and re-write eight (8) argumentative papers.
7. The student will evaluate the literature by applying a Biblical worldview and will interpret the literature solely on the integrity of the text alone.

Week 1--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Week 2--Idylls of the King
Week 3--Idylls of the King
Week 4--Idylls of the King
Week 5--Writing Lessons
Week 6--Beowulf
Week 7--Macbeth
Week 8--Hamlet
Week 9--Writing Lessons
Week 10--Utopia
Week 11--Utopia
Week 12--Romeo and Juliet
Week 13--Othello
Week 14--Writing Lessons
Week 15--Jonathan Swift's Satire
Week 16--Alexander Pope's Poetry
Week 17--She Stoops to Conquer
Week 18--Writing Lessons
Week 19--Frankenstein
Week 20--Frankenstein
Week 21--Writing Lessons
Week 22--A Tale of Two Cities
Week 23--A Tale of Two Cities
Week 24--A Tale of Two Cities
Week 25--Writing Lessons
Week 26--Wuthering Heights
Week 27--Wuthering Heights
Week 28--Wuthering Heights
Week 29--Pride and Prejudice
Week 30--Pride and Prejudice
Week 31--Pride and Prejudice
Week 32--Writing Lessons
Week 33--Arms and the Man
Week 34--World War I British Poets
Week 35--World War I British Poets
Week 36--Writing Lessons

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